Executive Order 9953

 There is hereby established the Interdepartmental Committee for the Peacetime Voluntary Payroll Savings Plan for the Purchase of United States Savings Bonds (hereinafter referred to as the Committee). The Committee shall consist of Edward F. Bartelt, Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, who shall serve as Chairman, and the head of each of the several departments, establishments, and agencies in the executive branch of the Government. Each member of the Committee, other than the Chairman, may designate an alternate from among the officials of his department, establishment, or agency, and such alternate may act for such member in all matters relating to the Committee. The Committee shall perform the following functions and duties: Each of the departments, establishments, and agencies in the executive branch of the Government shall institute and set in operation, as soon as practicable, the plan of organization and sales promotion recommended by the Committee, with such modifications as particular circumstances may render advisable. Each Committee member shall act as liaison officer between the Committee and his department, establishment or agency with regard to the said Plan. This order shall supersede Executive Order No. 9135 of April 16, 1942, establishing the Interdepartmental Committee for the Voluntary Pay Roll Savings Plan for the Purchase of War Savings Bonds.

, April 23, 1948.